Ive noticed that because of the new bikeway on Comox that the light at the intersection of Denman and Comox has been programmed to constantly be switching to green for traffic on Comox even when there is nobody there... Even in the middle of the night, traffic travelling north or south on Denman is constantly being forced to stop for no reason. This used to be a traffic controlled intersection (either by cars waiting or by pedestrians or cyclists pushing the button). Of course now, there is even less (eg. almost none) traffic actually travelling on Comox because of the bike lane, except for cyclists (and I really almost never see any cyclists there anyway). What is the point of this? Are all intersections on bike lane routes programmed to give priority to cyclists?? Its absolutely ridiculous. The light for east and west bound traffic on Comox should NEVER be green unless somebody actually activates it. Our daft hippy mayor needs to get his stupid head out of the clouds and actually look at the real ramifications of some of his BS ideas!
Anonymous
This started off as a RAVE in that the WE has actually had the good sense to start featuring a crossword within its pages... but it quickly turned to a RANT when, as a crossword aficionado of many years standing, I found that severalof the clues (and answers) were justso obscure.I mean, how many readers can place their hands on their hearts and tell me that they knew what the four-letter word solution to Far East Wet Nurse was? Or what the clue Ribonuclease was all about? Maybe its just me being thick but to have words in a free-sheet crossword(in both clues and solutions)that need to be looked up in a dictionary, or cribbed from the solution on the opposite page, is quite a serious misreading of your target market. Its not as though this is The Times, right?
Roger
Canada Post is financially strapped and is therefore cutting back on residential deliveries, etc. Today I received a flyer in my mail encouraging me to use epost to receive bills, do banking, and more. Does this not take away from Canada Posts revenue? After all they have just increased their postage rates, to make ends meet. Or am I missing something?
Wilhelmina Westender
